Word: derain
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...style of several artists as a foundation for one's own work is no crime; Derain does it and does it well because he simply uses men such as Cezanne and Van Gogh; they do not use him in his own paintings. But with Iacovleff we find that he has imposed the styles of other painters on his own work to such a great extent that his art becomes nothing more than a collection of influences...
Other big prices: $2.500 for Rouault's The Clown; $1,600 for Modigliani's Lunia Czechowska; $3,500 for a Derain still life; $3,000 for a Redon flower piece. Collector Chrysler also bought small Picasso and Cézanne water colors for $1,350 and $1,625 respectively...
...natural concomitants of musical and terpsichorean expression. But even without the intended accompaniment of the musician and the dancer, his designs and paintings are of great intrinsic value. it is interesting to think of Bakst in the light of his co-workers, men such as Picasso and Derain, for it was Bakst who supervised the artistic endeavors of these men while they were connected with the "Ballet Russe"; and it was about this time that Stravinsky, at the request of Diaghilev, composed his "Petrouchka" and "The Fire Bird" for presentation by the company...
...second floor of the museum there is a landscape by Derain which is highly representative of the dignified coherence and low tonality found in most of his other paintings. Derain is by no means a mere imitator: he is a good painter and his individuality succeeds in making itself felt. But it is interesting to see the imprint of Cczanne's body on the hills and now and then Van Gogh's head peeping out from behind the trees...
...same room with the Derain painting are other fine examples of nineteenth and twentieth century art. We are fortunate in being able to see. Picasso's portrait of "Fernand Olivier," and find in the treatment of line and the philosophic calm an unmistakable declaration of indebtedness to some of the Chinese artists whose works are exhibited on the floor below. Subtle variations in the width and shape of lines, together with the apparently effortless rendition of form by means of this mode, serve to bring out clearly one phase of Picasso's electicism. Despite the fact that no single part...